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Cbowes Dec 5, 2012 01:24 PM

lol i'm screwed
 
Today i decided i was done with the step rails on my truck in the middle of me doing it i noticed i was late to pick my kid up from school and had the bolts out already that went from cab to frame so i took my other truck when i got back my wife decided she was gonna go to the store in my dodge.. without the bolts back in.. the cab slide forward on the frame and towards the drivers side a little bit the bolts went back in somewhat easily but it seems like the cab keeps sliding a half inch or so here or there when i take a turn or slow down should i be worried about the extra play there or should i be alright?

jkeaton Dec 5, 2012 01:43 PM


Originally Posted by Cbowes (Post 2919944)
Today i decided i was done with the step rails on my truck in the middle of me doing it i noticed i was late to pick my kid up from school and had the bolts out already that went from cab to frame so i took my other truck when i got back my wife decided she was gonna go to the store in my dodge.. without the bolts back in.. the cab slide forward on the frame and towards the drivers side a little bit the bolts went back in somewhat easily but it seems like the cab keeps sliding a half inch or so here or there when i take a turn or slow down should i be worried about the extra play there or should i be alright?

Maybe it's just me, but I certainly would not be driving around a truck with a cab that was moving around. Gotta be something unsafe about that....

Cbowes Dec 5, 2012 01:49 PM

Man she's in trouble LOL I'm still testing it drivin around lookin how much it moves it's barely anything but I can't get the bolts any tighter

dlyter09 Dec 5, 2012 01:55 PM

body mounts might have gotten messed up

kejobe Dec 5, 2012 02:27 PM

Possible the bolts were replaced with longer ones for the steps?

Cbowes Dec 5, 2012 02:43 PM

Yeah man I'm taking the mounting brackets off the rails to cover the extra gap from longer bolts I just didn't think the cab would move side to side like that even with longer bolts though

dhvaughan Dec 5, 2012 07:25 PM


Originally Posted by Cbowes (Post 2919944)
should i be worried about the extra play there or should i be alright?

you should be worried. something's not engaged in the right place. don't drive it like that.

dodge dude94 Dec 5, 2012 07:28 PM

Woman gonna get yelled.


I am with the guy who said whatever about the bolts being longer. It IS possible.

stewie01 Dec 5, 2012 07:34 PM

That's totally strange. My truck had nerf bars on it when I purchased it, had them on/off 2 or 3 times before I did away with them, and never had the cab move...

dodge dude94 Dec 5, 2012 07:55 PM

I bet your wife didn't move the truck without the cab bolted down either...


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